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Denmark Ends Most COVID-19 Restrictions

Denmark on Tuesday became one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak “a socially critical disease.” The reason for that is that while the omicron variant is surging in Denmark, it's not placing a heavy burden…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2022

Warning to every Vodafone, O2, EE, Sky Mobile and Three customer over charges

People may have to shell out extra money to use their phone while on holiday.

Daily Record · Feb 1, 2022

EU brings in vaccine expiration date of 270 days for travellers

Each European Union country can decide whether to apply, amend or ignore the new guidelines

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

Putin to Host EU Ally Orban amid Ukraine Crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks Tuesday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a softer line on the Ukraine crisis than NATO and the EU, with Hungary a member of both. The Kremlin said the leaders will discuss trade and energy as well as "the current…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2022

UK falling behind other European nations on solar power generation

Britain generating less than half the proportion generated by Spain, Germany and Netherlands

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022

The EU is facing many difficulties, but Brexit isn’t one of them

EU countries have, on the whole, absorbed the shock of Brexit. But in Britain, trade is down – and prices are up, says economist Lorenzo Codogno

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022

UK factory output growth jumps; US job openings rise; record low eurozone unemployment – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022

Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2022

Airlines to issue refunds for delays of more than one hour

New Government proposal for domestic UK flights will replace EU legislation that only paid out for three-hour hold-ups

Wales Online · Jan 31, 2022

Good coup, bad coup? Mali defies France as Burkina Faso calls for understanding

Condemn or cooperate? West African leaders are grappling with that question as they scramble for the antidote to coup contagion. Since regional bloc ECOWAS decided earlier this month to play hardball with Mali's junta, tensions have spiralled far and wide. Now Bamako is expelling France's ambassador amid a war of…

France 24 · Jan 31, 2022